Coal India | Coal India is up 54%. It is the second-best performer on the Nifty 50 and is confident of meeting production targets. (Image: Shutterstock)
Adani Enterprises | Adani Enterprises is up 124% and is the best performer on Nifty 50*(*Entered the Nifty 50 only on September 30 this year.) The stock has doubled for three years in a row. (Image: Shutterstock)
Reliance Industries | Reliance Industries is up 8%. The stock has gained for the eighth straight year. Single-digit returns for the first time after 2016. Disclaimer: Network18, the parent company of CNBCTV18.com, is controlled by Independent Media Trust, of which Reliance Industries is the sole beneficiary. (Image: Shutterstock)
Axis Bank | Axis Bank is up 37.6. The shares have gained in six out of the last seven years; the best annual performance since 2014. (Image: Shutterstock)
NTPC | NTPC is up 34%. It is the second straight year of annual gains and the best annual performance since 2007. (Image: Shutterstock)
Asian Paints | Asian Paints is down 8.7%. Negative returns for the first time after 2011 and has gained over 1,000% in the 10 years since 2011. (Image: Shutterstock)
Apollo Hospitals | Apollo Hos[itals is down 10.7%. It is the first annual decline since 2016 and the only annual decline in the last 15 years - 2008 and 2016. (Image: Shutterstock)
Mahindra & Mahindra | It is up 49 and is the fourth-best performer on the Nifty 50. It is the third straight annual gain and the best annual performance since 2009. (Image: Shutterstock)
ITC | ITC is up 52%. It is the best year since 2005 during which shares gained 62.7 percent. It has declined only in four years in the last two decades - 2008, 2015, 2019, 2020. (Image: Shutterstock)
HDFC Bank | It is up 10%. Positive annual gains consistently since eight years and double-digit returns every year except 2021. (Image: Shutterstock)